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🇪🇸 Spain · Hydraulic works
Roman Flavian Trajanic c.112 CE · Roman (Hispania)
Aqueduct of Segovia – 28.5m double-tier granite ashlar aqueduct (167 arches, 15 km total, 813m bridge) carrying Río Frío to Alcázar without mortar, c.112 CE Flavian-Trajanic. UNESCO 1985.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Middle Elamite (1500–1100 BCE) Kabnak · Elamite (Tepti-Ahar)
Chogha Zanbil Drained? Actually Haft Tepe — Kabnak Elamite City in Khuzestan Province, Iran is a Middle Elamite (1500–1100 BCE) Kabnak ancient-city attributed to Elamite (Tepti-Ahar).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Giant Preclassic Maya pyramid La Danta at El Mirador (300 BCE) 72 m high (170 m with platform) 2800×1900 m base platform, largest pyramid volume in Maya.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Period Classical · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Hillfort Rampart Americas 37 — Brazil Region 1 in Brazil Region 1, Brazil is a Iron Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 98 — Iraq Region 2 in Iraq Region 2, Iraq is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Hearths Layer North in Konya Plain, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
Mural Hall Misc 53 — Egypt Region 5 in Egypt Region 5, Egypt is a Neolithic hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 1 — Syria Region 1 in Syria Region 1, Syria is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Tiwanaku Stela Field in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (3200 BCE) · Irish Sea Neolithic
Carreg Samson Dolmen — Trevine in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (3200 BCE) megalithic attributed to Irish Sea Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Coba Höyük (Sakçagözü) — buried eba-iron tell/village at Gaziantep Province.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Mapungubwe Hill Annex in Burr, Senegal is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Buried-Variant
Mural Hall Buried 54 — Syria Region 6 in Syria Region 6, Syria is a Bronze Age buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇳 India · Cave
Neolithic (3000–1500 BCE) · Kashmir Neolithic (Gufkral)
Gufkral Cave — Kashmir Pre-Neolithic and Neolithic in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3000–1500 BCE) cave attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Gufkral).
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1200–1470 CE, chachapoya mummy bundles · Chachapoyas
Northern annex of famed Laguna de los Cóndores cliff 150 m north of main 6-mausoleum group above lake: 8 painted gable-roofed chullpas (mausoleums) with tiered niches containing ~60 seated mummy…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa (10th–12th c. CE) · Cham art transitional My Son A1 style
My Son Sanctuary Group G — Champa in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa (10th–12th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham art transitional My Son A1 style.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Outlier fortlet of Thubunae on Hodna rim with 6-tower enceinte.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Well Shaft Fill East in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Formative (1000–500 BCE) & Classic (500–700 CE) Xochipala · Olmec / Mezcala
Xochipala Region — Olmec Figurine Caves in Guerrero, Mexico is a Formative (1000–500 BCE) & Classic (500–700 CE) Xochipala rock_art attributed to Olmec / Mezcala.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
Ananda Sastralaya (sinhala: ආනන්ද ශාස්ත්රාලය) is a public boys school located in Kotte, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1890 as Kotte Buddhist English Mixed School.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Roman (1st–7th c CE; colony under Trajan) · Roman (Numidia)
Mountain road colony with large baths fed by Aurès springs, arch of Caracalla and Byzantine chapel, on Theveste–Lambaesis road.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (c.3500–2500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Spectacular Rousay cairn excavated 1932–34, largest in Orkney, with 25 individuals and an adjacent Iron Age broch landscape visible across Eynhallow Sound.
🇱🇾 Libya · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Fezzan, Libya is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1450 CE · Mississippian (Angel phase)
42 ha Mississippian walled town 1000–1450 CE.
